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Saturday, 21 August 2010

Takoyaki: Octopus and Shrimp Balls

This morning I finally received this lovely new 'baby' from Amazon - a takoyaki pan :)! Well, it's actually not a takoyaki pan, but a pan for making Danish Aebleskiver (some kind of Danish Poffertjes) or German Pförtchen, but it's the closest one to Takoyaki pan I could find here in Germany. Around two years ago I bought a Poffertjes pan with the hope that I would be able to make some takoyaki with it. Unfortunately the holes were not deep enough for making takoyaki (silly me didn't even really know what a poffertjes looked like...!), so even though the taste was fine, my takoyaki were all flat instead of round. However, from now on I wouldn't have such a problem anymore...:).

Takoyaki making - you can see I also used shrimps besides squid ( couldn't find octopus - well, maybe I should give Paul the Octopus a visit one day ;)!)

I used the recipe from the Cooking With Dog video which you can see below. I absolutely love Cooking With Dog channel, it's cute, the recipes are clear and the foods all look great...:)!

27 comments:

I have always wanted to have one of those pans! Except they're so expensive and I don't know which one to buy. What brand is your pan? Is it easy to use? And I sure would like to eat an takoyaki. So pretty. :)

@ Esther - My pan is not very expensive. I bought it here:http://astore.amazon.de/cookigalle-21/detail/B0002HPBUU - but this is from Amazon Germany. It's quite easy to use, but you have to make sure it's greased well, or it's going to stick!

Try this link instead: http://www.amazon.com/TAKOYAKI-PAN-WITH-12-MOLDS/dp/B0006FLNDM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1282331260&sr=8-2 - the pan is quite affordable I think. Hope this helps!

Mmmm....love these.....very delicious. I have a takoyaki mould which I bought from a Japanese shop quite a few years ago. I think I have only used it for about 5 times to make takoyaki. Looks like I have forgotten about it. Time to dig it out and make these wonder balls again :D Thanks very much for reminding.

I so admire your creativity. What a wonderful way to use a pan designed to perform a limited function. This is my first visit to your blog. It will not be my last. I love your recipes and photos. I hope you are having a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary